Improved mode of attaching ferrules to handles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE,-

ASA L. CARRIER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA.

IMPROVED MODE OF ATTACHING FERRULES TO HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 70,694, dated November 12, 1867; antedated November 2, 1867.

showing the concave in it, into which the fer-' rule is pressed when put on, and portions of the shoulders c c. Fig. 3 represents the handle with the vferrule b set on, and c c portions of the shoulders. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the handle and ferrule b.

The nature of my invention consists in the manner, hereinafter set forth, of attaching ferrules to handles of tools, umbrellas and parasols, and canes.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In constructing my ferrules I use materialA in common use for such purposes and make the ferrules as other ferrules are made. I then turn my handles in the usual form, and when thus turned up, as usual, I then turn out in concave form the shoulder to receive the ferrule, leaving about one-eighth of an inch or more untouched of the shoulder at each end of the same, thus forming a concave groove on the shoulder of the handle, as seen at Fig. 2. I then push the ferrule onto the handle, fitting tightly, and while the handle is still in the lathe I canse it to revolve, and with a suitable instrument bear moderately on the ferrule above the concave in the wood and spin down the ferrule, causing it to fit closely and snugly to the handle, thus presenting a concave appearance when finished, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4 at a and b. Thus the operation is completed and my handles are ready for use.

It will readily be seen that when ferrules are thus set on handles it is impossible for them to Work loose and fall off, which l find by experience to be the case with ferrules attached to handles, 86C., in any of the modes in present use forv fastening ferrules to tool-handles, either` by rivets or by indentations of the ferrule into the wood vvby means of a punch or otherwise, as is the common practice.

It will be seen that if the Wood should shrink after the ferrule is applied and snugly inished by spinning down into lthe concave on the handle, it is not possible for it to shrink suciently to allow it to get loose and fall ott'.

This will be a great advantage to all mechanics using such tools as require i'errules on them, as they will not be liable to lose them oi' their tools. It will also be of great use in umbrellas and parasols, and they may also be attached to walking sticks or canes in the same way.

Having thus described the construction and operationlofmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ferrule b, constructed and applied to Vtool-handles, umbrellas, and canes, substan- A. L. CARRIER.

Witnesses:

J o C. CLAYTON, T. G. CLAYTON. 

